Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Pulmonary Veins and Left Atrium. Implications for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation;Dreidimensionale Rekonstruktion der Pulmonalvenen und des linken Atriums: Bedeutung für die Katheterablation von Vorhofflimmern

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Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 559-565

  Ernst, Sabine ^a   Broemel, Thomas ^b   Krumsdorf, Ulrike ^a   Hachiya, Hitoshi ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Linder, Christian ^a   Falk, Peter ^a   Bänsch, Dietmar ^a   Schaumann, Anselm ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Antz, Matthias ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MRI Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 10744222009     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-003-2496-6     Document Type: Article

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